Tribes ask US Supreme Court to hear case over destruction of sacred land in Oregon

Members of two Native American tribes are calling on the federal government to restore features of a sacred site that was bulldozed 14 years ago as part of a highway widening project near Mount Hood, Oregon.

They're taking their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court after their case was dismissed by two lower courts.

New poll finds 4 in 10 non-Catholic Latinos were once Catholic and left

A new NBC News/Telemundo poll focusing on the Latino electorate found that 41% of Latinos who do not currently claim Catholicism as their religion said they had previously been Catholic.

California legalizes human composting bill against opposition by Catholic bishops

The process of converting bodies into soil is now legal in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 18 signed a bill that will allow human composting in the Golden State.

Apaches urge rehearing in fight to preserve sacred site in Arizona

Members of Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit working to protect the Apache sacred site in Arizona known as Oak Flat, are requesting a rehearing in their case against the United States as they seek to stop a private venture from turning the land into an underground copper mine.

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